The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-19
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

1T Is STAYED the Prince OF wales mas attenueV
enough cornerstone engagements to build
tower OF Babel. He is good Mason.
FUND has been started at Lewiston, Me-,
for the relief of Scion Chase, the once inHuen-
tial Greenbacker who has been lett homeless by
fire.
CHICAGO Living Church: If in instructing
child you are vexed with it for want of adroit-
ness, try, if you have never tried before, IA
write with your left hand, and remember that q
child is all left hand.
MISS MARGARET BLAINE is the guest of Repre-
sentative Hits, of Illinois, and the daughter Of
Joseph Medill is visiting the family Of Senator
Mcpherson. Later the Two young ladies will
return together to Augusta
MARX TWAIN said. recently, When asked
whether it was true that he proposed to start G
newspaper in Hartford: ssHeavens, no! shall
never start newspaper long as can buy
three for less than it costs 70 have ny boot.
BACKED"
IT is stated on excellent authority that Willie
& Vanderbilt recently paid the debts of a prom.
inent club man who has been in bad health for
year past and gave him money to travel to eli.
mate favorable to his condition. The debts,
which were of ali kinds, amounted to $3.50
The injury sustained by George W. Childs in
his recent fall is more serious than was at first
supposed. He cannot sit up in bed on account
of the pain in his spine, but IS obliged to lie as
on his back all the time His physicians say
that it will be some days before Mr. Ch;lds geta
about again.
Four prosperous citizens of New York, earn
! their livelihood as doctors for the 1ap-dogs OF
rich women. AS rule. the only medicine they
use is starvation. They fling the dear pets into
barred boxes and deprive them Of food for fouf
days, ha wing found ont that the usual trouble
with pet dogs is that they are fed extravagantly
and improperly.
Mr. JOSEPH W. DREgEr. who has retired from
r0usiness and lives comfortably on his accumur
lated fortune in New York began life on sal
airy Of one dollar week. He spent seventy Eve
cents OF his first weeks earnings for box Of
watercolors. and now in later life exercises tho
same early taste for pictures as an accomplished
amateur photographer.
AT the White House reception Thursday night
| there was great display Of elegant diamonds
Mrs. Stanford, wife of the Senator, fairly shons
with precious stones. and it IL said that she worS
diamonds worth $500, 900. Mrs. Frank Leslisi
jewels also attracted attention. She wore her
celebrated diamonds, the size of birds eggs, in
| her ears and her corsage was one great blaze OF
| rare gems.
| THE cider question bothcrs the Legislators Of
Maine. AS the law now stands, it is not satis-
| factory to the temperance people, so the Good
| Templars propose bill which authorizes tina
sale of apple juice less than twenty days old, In
| quantities not less than barrel. to persons ovst
| twenty one years OF age. and prohibits the sale
| of cider more than twenty days old, except for
| making vinegar.
/ A SOLID citizen from northern New York went
to see "Merlin" at the Metropolitan Opera-h house
last Monday, and was Mortified. 81 looked
| around me in the boxes said the old gentleman,
| ''and saw number Of fashionable women and
l young girls naked almost down to the waist I
| looked on the stage and there saw hundreds Of
young women naked almost up to the waist
| What are we coming tot Sodom and Gomorrahi"
THE Boston Post says that Mr.. Whistler was
born in Lowell. Mass. in. 1884 notwithstanding
the fact that Mr. Whistler himself claims ST.
can see the record in St. AIMS Church. il he
doesn't believe the statement, and also expressee
a profound pleasure in being able to set him
Alright in matter of such close personal inter
lers father twas at that time Superintendent 81
the Locks and Canal Company, in Lowell.
RECENT visitor to ex- Vice president Wheeler,
st his home at Malone. found him busy with his
correspondence. He was cheerful. cordial aud
| vigorous in conversation His health is 50
| riously impaired, but not so as to PROSTATE him
| or confne him to his house. That he ia kept Ia
seclusicn by mis- relatives that he is constantly
| under the influence of opium, is entirely fAiss
and groundless. Mr. Wheeler has survived hil
| parents brothers, sisters and wife, and now lvei
alone. childless and without a near relative Id
the world. and these bereavements have. Of
course, saddened him, but they have not broker
| him.
PRoF. c. P. g. Soorr, formerly of Columbis
College, sits in his room at rs Fifth avenue
New York. ali day and a good part Of the night
compiling dictionary whose distinctive feature
is to be the etymoloeies Of words. Sitting on
revolving chair, surrounded by circular shelf
on which are all the dictionaries. past and pres
ent. Professor Scott traces each word and then
delves into dead and all sorts OF languages fol
its original. typewriter that represents the
phonetic alphabet is at his elbow, for it is in
tended that the dictionary shall be guided by
the principles Of phonetic spelling and accord
ing to the views of the best English and Ameri
can philologsts. Rhyme will he ssrime.' and
ing changes will appear in the work